National front coming first and second in local elections. The u. N. You special envoy to libya says there could be an agreement between the two rival governments within days. They said they could form a unity government, despite the fighting taking place in libya. Peace talks nearly collapsed after the u. N. Recognized tobruk government launched air raised on the capitol killing a senior rival commander. Theres might go in the city of ms. Rat atmisrata. In the city, people are pushing back at isil. It was the second bombing in a week. Security buildings were targeted. Sunday, a car bomb went off outside the intelligent headquarters in misrata. No one was injured. Libyas central city has been spared the violence in many areas of this vast country over recent months. That is why the recent explosions are seen as an attempt to destabilize misrata. Misrata is involved in a multifront war. For months, the citys brigades have been battling forces allied to general haftar and the tobruk gove
Legal action over a steep increase in gas prices. Five years on from italys earthquake. Why much of a town is damaged. The artistic side of george w. Bush, how he really sees Russias Vladimir Putin and other leaders around the world. Despite all the threats from the taliban, afghanistan has carried out historic president ial elections. More than 7 million turn out to vote. Thats 58 of the electorate, higher than in the United States. Afghans had three main voices, abdullah abdullah, Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai, and zalmai rassoul. We probably wont know who has won for several weeks. As Bernard Smith reports, this is a proud day for many afghans. The queue started forming well before kabuls polling stations opened. Despite the taliban threats to target the election, people wanted to vote. In afghanistans 5,000year history it marks the first democratic transfer of power. People here are eager to seize the chance. We dont care about the threat from the taliban. I dont have a threat from taliban
Im Andy Richardson in the Sahara Desert talking to runners about to undertake one of the Worlds Toughest races. We start with controversy surrounding rwandan memorial. France pulled out after the ru wandan president accused the french of being part of t. He said he went on to say survivors of the genocide accuse them of not doing enough to prosecute those responsible. Well be live to rwanda, but first this report from paris. When rwandas genocide began, this man had been working at the french rwandan Cultural Center for years. He, his wife and children sent refuge there, sending the rest of his family to stay with relatives. He asked french officials for help with vain. Translation we were evacuated to nairobi. The french army refused to do so. My oldest daughter, mother, sister, brother, brotherinlaws, nieces and nephews were exterminated. Like many rwandan tutsis, venice believes france is in denial. France spent 2,500 soldiers, arriving under a u. N. Mandate 11 weeks after the mass
Solomon islands as thousands of communities are washed away. Security is tight across afghanistan as voters choose a new president to take over hamid karzai. Despite threats of violence, there has been a steady flow of voters turning up at polling stations. It represents the first democratic transfer of power. The encincumbent, hamid karzai,s been in power for 12 years. Eight candidates campaigned. Including abdullah abdullah, who ran in 2009 but lost. Another is ashraf ghani ahmadzai, a formier finance minister and world bank figures. And zalmai rassoul, serving as foreign minister, and has been one of Hamid Karzais closestal lies. Well, many afghan came out to vote, despite the threat of violence. Here is what some had to say . I voted for the welfare of my country, the future and the rebuilding. Im happy, and now im going back. As an afghan woman, ive come to cast my vote. I ask all afghan women to come and vote. The police are providing us with security. Happily we have dom cast ou
Court of the United States waited until the last possible day of the 201314 term to release their decision in the case originally called sebelius vs hobby lobby. Hobby lobby is owned by christians who say that their religion for bid the type of Birth Control offered in affordable healthcare. Rif ra gives employers the legal right to change what is offered in healthcare insurance. President obama changed them and Supreme Court changed them again. Advocates on oil sides crowded the steps of the Supreme Court in anticipation of the final decision of th of the hobby lobby case. The court ruled for hobby lobby saying closely Held Companies can opt out of the federal mandate to provide Birth Control to their employees if it goes against the Company Owners beliefs. As he also argued that since Nonprofit Institutions like churches can opt out, forprofit, closely Held Companies can as well. Read from the bench at the heart of the argument is rifra, it is meant to shield from the burden if they